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ArticleBiomedicines2023

ASL mRNA-LNP Therapeutic for the Treatment of Argininosuccinic Aciduria Enables Survival Benefit in a Mouse Model.

Owen Daly, Azita Josefine Mahiny, Sara Majeski, Kevin McClintock, Julia Reichert, Gábor Boros, Gábor Tamás Szabó, Jonas Reinholz, Petra Schreiner, Steve Reid and 8 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Towards mRNA therapeutics 2.0.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  3. RNA-Based Therapies for Inherited Metabolic Disorders.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2026
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  5. Exploring RNA therapeutics for urea cycle disorders.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024
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  6. Development of mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles: Targeting and Therapeutic Aspects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Owen DalyGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Azita Josefine MahinyBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Sara MajeskiGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Kevin McClintockGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Julia ReichertBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Gábor BorosBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Gábor Tamás SzabóBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9880-0425
Jonas ReinholzBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Petra SchreinerGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Steve ReidGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Kieu LamGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1965-5491
Marlen LepperBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Melanie AdlerBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Tracy MeffenGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
James HeyesGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Katalin KarikóBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1864-3851
Pete LutwycheGenevant Sciences Corporation, Vancouver, BC V5T 4T5, Canada.
Irena VlatkovicBioNTech SE, An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8745-4299
BioNTech (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Argininosuccinic aciduria (ASA) is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), which cleaves argininosuccinic acid to arginine and fumarate in the urea cycle. ASL deficiency (ASLD) leads to hepatocyte dysfunction, hyperammonemia, encephalopathy, and respiratory alkalosis. Here we describe a novel therapeutic approach for treating ASA, based on nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) formulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNP). To optimize ASL-encoding mRNA, we modified its cap, 5' and 3' untranslated regions, coding sequence, and the poly(A) tail. We tested multiple optimizations of the formulated mRNA in human cells and wild-type C57BL/6 mice. The ASL protein showed robust expression in vitro and in vivo and a favorable safety profile, with low cytokine and chemokine secretion even upon administration of increasing doses of ASL mRNA-LNP. In the ASL

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argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (ASLD)argininosuccinic aciduria (ASA)lipid nanoparticle-mRNA (LNP-mRNA)mRNA optimizationmRNA therapeuticrare disease

Identifiers

PMID37371829
PMCPMC10296609
OpenAlexW4380987518

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